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FIFTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 398. 1896. 359 available, pr0_rata, share and share alike to each man, woman, and child of the tribes now living upon and entitled to the privileges of the — said reservation: Provided, That none of the money credited to said P¤"i¤r<=1¤ir¤¤ barred. Indiansunder this agreement shall be subject to the payment of any claims, Judgments, or demands against said Indians for damages or depredations, claimed to have been committed prior to the signing of this agreement. ARTICLE III. _ That for the purpose of segregating the ceded land from the dimin- 8¤rv¤y. m- ished reservation the new boundary line described in article one of the agreement shall be properly surveyed and permanently marked in a plain and substantial manner by prominent and durable monuments; and that the cost of said survey shall be chargeable to and be paid out of the proceeds of said ceded lands. ARTICLE IV. This agreement shall not take effect and be in force until ratiiicd by Ratification. the Congress of the United States. Dated and signed at San Carlos Agency, Arizona, on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six. PBov1NcE MoCoRmcK, United States Indian Inspector. The foregoing articles of agreement having been fully explained to us in open council, we, the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and members of the several bands of Apache, Mohave, and Yuma Indians, attached to and receiving rations at the San Carlos Agency, in the Territory of Arizona, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained. · Witness our hands and seals at San Carlos Agency, Arizona, this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- six. (Here follows six hundred and three signatures of the adult male Indians of the San Carlos Reservation.) Witness: ALBERT L. MYER, Capt. Eleventh Infantry, Acting Indian Agent. D. G. CHEESMAN, _ Agency Clerk. VVe hereby certify that the foregoing articles of agreement were carefully read and explained to the Indians, parties hereto, in open council, and were thoroughly understood by them before signing the same, and that the agreement was executed and signed by said Indians at the San Carlos Indian Agency, in Arizona Territory, on the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six. J AMES STEVENS, United States Special Interpreter. CONSTANT BREAD, United States Agency Interpreter, Apache. MIKE BURNS, United States Special Interpreter. ARTHUR DUCAT, United States Agency Interpreter, Mohave. YVitness; ALBERT L. KIYER, Capt. Eleventh Infantry, Acting Indian Agent. D. G. CHEESMAN, Agency Clerk.